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Frequently they struggle to attract good senior managers, leaving them reliant on expensive interim directors, and there is usually significant change at board level – three of the chief executives we interviewed were the third person to do the job in as many years.
Rather than shorten their season, find a less expensive music director or allow the firing of some musicians, they voted themselves a pay cut.
"The equipment is very expensive," the director, William J. Callan, said, and newborn screening also requires extensive ancillary services, including follow-up tests and counseling.
"It's very expensive," said Antony Tyler, director of corporate development at Cathay Pacific.
Metropolitan properties are more expensive, said Roberto Guichon, director of Guichon Propiedades, a real estate firm based in Buenos Aires.
But this plan became too expensive so the director had to improvise with what was already there – a football pitch and a narrow passageway designed primarily for teams.
"Some restaurants think they will never be inspected, just because they are so chic and expensive," said Cidinha Campos, director of Rio's consumer protection agency, singling out an item on Antiquarius's menu, grilled slipper lobster in beurre d'escargots, which costs about $78.
"Bobsleigh is very expensive," said performance director Gary Anderson.
